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Issue: Detective Comics #388
Publication Date: June 1969
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Issues: #388 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/29/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #534 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #4 published September 2009
as Detective Comics #388 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-171
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Public Luna-tic Number One!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Boomer; Joker (villain)
First Line: In an incredible and bizarre series of breath-taking clashes...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #12/1969 published December 1969
as De dødsdømte i Stillhetens hav [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #534 published June 1970
as El lunático número uno [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #132 published August 1970
as Public Luna-Tic Number One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #1 published January 1980
as Luna-Staatsfeind Nummer Eins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #4 published September 2009
as Public Luna-Tic Number One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.17
Job Number: S-116
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Page 6 is a 2/3-page and page 14 is a 1/2-page
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-175
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Tony Isabella, Bill Sherman, Scott Gibson, Dion Berlowitz and Donald F. McGregor.
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Surprise! This'll Kill You!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Darlene Dawson
First Line: This is your pay-off -- you double-crosser!
Synopsis: A fake Batman appears in this story, as well as a costume party with people dressed as Superman, the Flash, and Green Lantern.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #12/1969 published December 1969
as Mordermaskeraden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #125 published January 1970
as Surprise! This'll Kill You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #534 published June 1970
as ¡Sorpresa! ¡Vine a eliminarte! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Ich töte dich! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Sixties #[nn] [1st Printing] published March 1999
as Surprise! This'll Kill You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batgirl #1 published September 2007
as Surprise! This'll Kill You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continued in Detective Comics #389.
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Batman's Hot-Line -- Extra

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-176
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Steve Beery, Barbara Reader and Raymond Ricks.

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